Genus Carlia Gray, 1845

Museums

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• Heteropus Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 5 viii 854 pp. [Date published Nov-1839] [757] [non Heteropus De Beauvois, 1820 and other authors, vide Neave, A.S. 1939. Nomenclator Zoologicus. London : Zoolological Society of London Vol. 2 1025 pp.].

  Type species:

   Heteropus fuscus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 by subsequent designation, see Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp.

  Secondary source:

   Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. London : Zoological Society of London Vol. II(D-L) 1025 pp.
• Carlia Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [271].

  Type species:

   Mocoa melanopogon Gray, 1845 by monotypy.
• Myophila De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Queensland lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 77-78 [77].

  Type species:

   Myophila vivax De Vis, 1884 by monotypy.
• Liburnascincus Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [98].

  Type species:

   Leiolopisma coense Mitchell, 1953 by original designation.
• Protervascincus Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [101].

  Type species:

   Ablepharus burnetti Oudemans, 1894 by original designation.
• Lygisaurus De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Queensland lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 77-78.

  Type species:

   Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [137]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

SCINCIDAE: Carlia fusca (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) [this species has long been regarded as occurring in Australia, but Ingram & Covacevich (in litt.) have shown that Australian populations are referable to Carlia longipes (Macleay, 1877)]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Islands of W Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Pilbara (PIL) ; NT, SA, WA: Great Sandy Desert (GSD)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

General References

Donnellan, S.C., Couper, P.J., Saint, K.M. & Wheaton, L. 2009. Systematics of the Carlia 'fusca' complex (Reptilia: Scincidae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 2227: 1-31

Ingram, G.J. & Covacevich, J. 1989. Revision of the genus Carlia (Reptilia; Scincidae) in Australia with comments on Carlia bicarinata of New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 443-490

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SQUAMATA	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
21-May-2023	SCINCIDAE	06-Dec-2023	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	LACERTILIA	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020	Carlia Gray, 1845	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
02-Oct-2014	Carlia Gray, 1845	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	LACERTILIA	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
07-Feb-2024		07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
		07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED